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| construction_ended = 1865
 
| construction_ended = 1865
 
| opened = 1861
 
| opened = 1861
| closed = 2015
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| closed =
 
| demolished =
 
| demolished =
| current_status = [[Closed Institution|Closed]]  
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| current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]]  
| building_style = [[Kirkbirde Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]] (Demolished)
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| building_style = [[Kirkbirde Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]]
 
| architect(s) = Jonathan Preston  
 
| architect(s) = Jonathan Preston  
 
| location = Mount Pleasant, Iowa
 
| location = Mount Pleasant, Iowa
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The amount allowed for the support of this hospital is $12 per month for each patient. All expenses of the hospital, except for special purposes, are paid from the sum so named, and the amount is charged to the counties from which patients are sent.
 
The amount allowed for the support of this hospital is $12 per month for each patient. All expenses of the hospital, except for special purposes, are paid from the sum so named, and the amount is charged to the counties from which patients are sent.
  
In July, 2015 the hospital closed, along with [[Clarinda State Hospital]].<ref>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2015/07/01/iowa-mental-health-institutes-closed-branstad/29571527/</ref>
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In 1936 a huge fire destroyed the main Kirkbride building and left it beyond repair. The massive infereno spared only a few kitchen buildings behind the main building. People tried to rebuild the hospital, but this proved to be too hazardous, costly, and time consuming. The Mt. Pleasant State Hospital became the only mental institution in Iowa to be closed down and it's ruins abandoned. Only pictures and a few smaller, newer buildings with no historical value remain.
  
 
== Images of Mt Pleasant State Hospital ==
 
== Images of Mt Pleasant State Hospital ==
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==Cemetery==
 
==Cemetery==
 
There is a cemetery on the property, however it is now off-limits as part of the prison that currently operates the facility.
 
There is a cemetery on the property, however it is now off-limits as part of the prison that currently operates the facility.
 
== References ==
 
<references/>
 
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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[[Category:Iowa]]
 
[[Category:Iowa]]
 
[[Category:Kirkbride Buildings]]
 
[[Category:Kirkbride Buildings]]
[[Category:Closed Institution]]
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[[Category:Active Institution]]
 
[[Category:Institution With A Cemetery]]
 
[[Category:Institution With A Cemetery]]
 
[[Category:Past Featured Article Of The Week]]
 
[[Category:Past Featured Article Of The Week]]

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